I am a communications and media specialist with significant experience working on scientific as well as historical and cultural topics, especially in the Russian Arctic. I was based in Moscow for many years working both as a news correspondent and documentarian, writing articles for various publications and working in photography and video in what evolved into a multimedia career path.
Moscow proved to be an ideal base from which to pursue this kind of work, for Russia and the other former Soviet republics constitute a veritable treasure trove of unusual subject matter. My work there often involved heading into remote locations with experts in volcanology, specialists in prehistoric animals including woolly mammoths, and ethnographers documenting the revival of ancient practices among scores of minority peoples whose traditions had been repressed not just by Soviet Communism but also autocratic tsars before the 1917 revolution.
Ultimately it came time to leave Moscow and relocate to Cape Cod where I was able to utilize my media skills to help the International Fund for Animal Welfare in its work assisting animals around the world. Now I am looking for new horizons to pursue, drawing on the varied background that I have to offer.

Bill Gasperini